doused
Example Sentences
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They formed a line around the building to be doused with holy water by the parish priest.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
“The Mountain” is, as expected, heavily doused with notions on the concept of death.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
He posted a video on TikTok of his experiment: Spending the day in clothes doused with an entire bottle of Axe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Prediction market traders can bet on everything that sportsbook bettors can—the total number of points scored by both teams, individual player statistics, and even what color Gatorade the winning coach will be doused in.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Sohrab was fairly restrained—he only put a little splash of lime juice on his faludeh—but I doused mine in enough sour cherry syrup to turn it into Klingon Blood Wine.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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